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Hash Hashemian: Visionary leadership
As Dr. Hashem M. “Hash” Hashemian prepares to step into his term as President of the American Nuclear Society, he is clear that he wants to make the most of this unique moment.
A groundswell in public approval of nuclear is finding a home in growing governmental support that is backed by a tailwind of technological innovation. “Now is a good time to be in nuclear,” Hashemian said, as he explained the criticality of this moment and what he hoped to accomplish as president.
Jonathan I. Katz
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 80 | Number 1 | October 2024 | Pages S120-S167
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The first calculation of energy exchange between electrons and the radiation field by inverse Compton and Compton recoil was reported by Hurwitz in Los Alamos Reports LA-301 (1945) and LA-553 (1946). These reports have not been generally known; even in 1950, Bethe called attention to their neglect. Yet, they predated Kompaneets’s widely cited 1957 paper and original 1950 report. “Comptonization” is important in many astronomical objects as well as in fusion energy. I make a very brief comparison with Kompaneets’s work and present Hurwitz’s reports as appendixes.
